ge-tácnian
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Ox. 1794: praefigurat, 3715. þæt wæs sweotole getácnad, þá hé cniht wæs . . . mon geseah ymbe þá sunnan swelce án gylden hring, and weóll án wille ele.
tíma
Time ⬩ hour ⬩ tempus ⬩ hora ⬩ time when, ⬩ time at which an event takes place ⬩ a time when a thing can or ought to be done, ⬩ a proper time, ⬩ opportunity ⬩ in time ⬩ in good time ⬩ be-times ⬩ proper time ⬩ an appointed time ⬩ a period of time ⬩ time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. ⬩ a season of the year ⬩ an age of the world ⬩ time of pronouncing a syllable, ⬩ quantity ⬩ time, ⬩ condition of things
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Swá mon eorðan wæstmas hám gelǽdeþ on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246. Ðá gewearð hit on ðisum ilcan tíman oððe litle ǽr, ðæt . . ., Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 28: 1015; Erl. 152, 9.
ge-híran
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L. 16, 13. to learn by hearing, hear of, be informed of, be told, the object a noun Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon þe má wolde bión earm ðonne welig, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 16. Ǽlc man . . . þára þe þá gebodu gehýrde, L!.
ár-leás
void of honour ⬩ honourless ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous ⬩ wicked ⬩ impious ⬩ inhonestus ⬩ impius ⬩ infamis ⬩ pitiless ⬩ merciless ⬩ cruel ⬩ crudelis
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Wið ðam árleásestan eretice against the most wicked heretic, Bd. 4, 17 ; S. 585, 43. Forweorþaþ se árleása the wicked perisheth, Ps. Spl. 9, 5: Ps. Lamb. 1, 4, 5.
ár-wurþian
To give honour to ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ worship ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ venerari
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Árwurþa ðínne fæder and ðíne módur honora patrem tuum et matrem, Deut. 5, 16
Linked entry: ár-wurþigean
BERIE
a BERRY ⬩ bacca ⬩ a grape ⬩ uva
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sometimes found, as, - Gif ðú gange binnan ðínes freóndes wíneard, et ðæra bergena swá fela, swá ðú wylle, and ne ber ðú ná má út mid ðé if thou shalt go within thy friend's vine-yard, eat as many of the grapes as thou wilt, and carry not out with thee any more
Dene-mearc
DENMARK ⬩ Dānia
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In Danish mark signifies a country; hence Denmark the low country of the Danes: so Finmark thee is the most early writer hitherto known, who mentions Denmark] Wulfstán sǽde ðæt he gefóre of Hǽðum.
Linked entry: Dena mearc
dún-sǽte
Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales ⬩ montĭcŏlæ Walliæ
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Formerly the Gwents belonged to the Dúnsǽte, but more properly they belong to the West Saxons: thither they shall give tribute and hostages. The Dúnsǽte also need, if the king grant it to them, that at least peace-hostages be allowed them, L. O.
Elene
Helena ⬩ Helĕna = Ἑλένη
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His [Constantínes] módor wæs cristen, Elená geháten, swíðe gelýfed mann, and þearle eáwfæst his [Constantine's] mother was a christian, called Helena, a very faithful person, and very pious, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 3. See Ors. Bos.
forþ-feran
To go forth ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ defungi ⬩ mŏri ⬩ expīrāre
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To go forth, depart, die; decēdĕre, defungi, mŏri, expīrāre He ðǽr forþferan sceolde he should die there, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 25: 4, 11; S. 579, 29, 42. Hí ðǽr cýddon hine forþferende quem ĭbīdem ŏbiisse narrāvĕrint, 3, 29; S. 561, 4.
ge-lettan
To hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ let ⬩ stop ⬩ retardare ⬩ impedire
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Ne lǽt ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgendne monn let not living man divert thee from the course, hinder thee from the way, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 3; Bo. 24 : 37 b; Th. 123, 29; Gú. 330.
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ge-metgung
Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulation ⬩ moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen
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Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulation; moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and se hæfþ on him feówer oðre cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer gemetgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes
þoden
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Ðonne sió geornfulnes eorðlícra ðinga ábisgaþ ðæt ondgit and áblent ðæs módes eágan mid ðære costunge ðæm folce, suǽ suǽ dust déð ðæs líchoman eágan on sumera mid ðodene (ðodne, Hatt.
un-geþyldig
Impatient
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Ǽghwelc monn bið onfunden swǽ micle læs gelǽred ðonne óðer swǽ hé bið ungeðyldegra tanto quisque minus ostenditur doctus, quanto minus convincitur patiens, Past. 33; Swt. 216, 3
Linked entry: ge-þyldig
an-bídian
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Ic anbidode þæt ic ðé máre folc gestrýnde I waited that I might gain thee more people, Hml. Th. i. 74, 29. Hé anbidode on lífe seofon niht, Hml. S. 22, 234, Andbidiað hér, Hml. Th. ii. 60, 24. Anbydie wé, Angl. viii. 322, 35.
á-sceótan
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To shoot, move rapidly Sió costung út ásciét (-sciéð, v. l.) on weorc tentatio usque ad operationem prosilit, Past. 71, 7. Án út ásceát of weorode, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 10. Se scyttel ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419.
blind-nes
obscurity
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Ðá inran þeóstru sind þæs módes blindnyssa wiðinnan, Hml. Th. i. 130, 11. of a condition Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ꝥ wé ongyton þá blindnesse úre ælþeódignesse, Bl. H. 23, 2
burg-waran
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[Though plural forms are most frequent, the singular seems to be used in the following Yldest burhwara proceres, burhwara cives, Wrt.
gleáwnes
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I. 59, 14. a sign, token, distinguishing mark Se eásterlica dæg wæs on þǽre ealdan ǽ tribus argumentorum indiciis preceptum, ꝥ ys mid þrým gleáwnyssum hé wæs beboden; ꝥ ys, ꝥ hé wǽre æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, and on þám forman mónðe, and on þǽre
god-fæder
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Ðá unsprecendan cild beóð gehealdene on ðam fulluhte ðurh geleáfan þæs fæder and þǽre móder and þæs foresprecendan godfæder, Hml. Th. ii. 116, 16; 52, 2.